Two successful Cambridge applicants this year and two next year will have their fees paid for by the scholarship.

Addressing the negative responses to the initiative he told BBC Radio 1’s Life Hacks: “After I launched the scholarship and I said it’s a scholarship for young black kids, some people were going as far as to say ‘racist’.

"There were times I didn't know what I was doing... I was just a kid trying to figure it out, I just had to trust my truth."